v2 Chapter 23： : Semi-finals (dedicated to?)

Sometimes I have to admire the horror of modern society.

What is the information age?

The news of Akagi's victory over the Big Mac Yokozuna and the news of Sawamura's 17 strikeouts. In just two days, not only those who followed the Kanto Conference knew about it, but also many people in other parts of the country watched this. Full video of the game.

Even those who haven't watched the video have seen Sawamura's performance from the wonderful clips from the TV station.

In such a fierce atmosphere, Sawamura was like an old hen protecting her cubs, protecting her little friends well.

They have seen this there. If this is an interview and it is touted by the media, they will not take a knife to open their stomach, and show their heart to the other party.

Considering this, Sawamura immediately decided to give up the opportunity to let his friends be interviewed.

Before the end of the national competition, he brought Fengxiang and Oda publicized it, and that was enough.

No matter what, those two were once brilliant. Although that was their primary school experience.

As for the interview after the national competition is over, it doesn't matter.

Two days later, Akagi ushered in their semi-final opponent, the champion of Gunma Prefecture, Tanigawa Middle School.

There are a total of six heavenly kings in the Softball Alliance, and Kanto, the first fierce battle zone, accounts for three, and now there is another big devil, Sawamura.

What is a Guild Warzone, that is.

The Three Kings of Kanto are old friends of Akagi, Haruka Nanami of Tenryuji Middle School in Nagano Prefecture, Ken Uesugi of Kanagawa Yokozuna Middle School, the national defending champion, and Shimizu of Tanigawa Middle School, the veteran overlord of Gunma Prefecture.

Unlike Nanami Haruka and Uesugi, Shimizu is not a pitcher, but a first baseman.

As mentioned earlier, pitchers are the most eye-catching on the baseball field, so pitchers account for the majority of the top players in the country.

The Great Demon King Sawamura is the pitcher!

If Sawamura wasn't a pitcher, he wouldn't have been able to cause the sensation he is now, even if he hit a home run against Yokozuna.

Others became famous in the first battle, and Sawamura directly sealed the demon in the first battle.

Among the twelve kings of the next generation, eight are pitchers!

This shows how difficult it is to attract attention from other positions.

Under such a situation, Qingshui still occupies the position of a heavenly king. It is not difficult to imagine how strong his strength is!

Such an opponent made Sawamura very excited.

One day and two nights of rest, although not enough to bring Sawamura back to his peak state, was almost there.

There is no problem in fully exerting strength, that is, the endurance of physical strength and body joints needs to be paid attention to, and some **** cannot be thrown too much.

On the day of the game, Sawamura and his friends rushed to the Yokohama Stadium excitedly.

As a result, I saw that Shimizu's name was not on the opponent's starting list at all.

"Do you look down on us?"

The erratic Hotan, who had been praised by reporters for the past two days, was immediately angry.

In any case, they defeated the invincible giant Yokozuna. Under such circumstances, how dare the people of Gunma Tanigawa dare?

"Don't talk nonsense, it shouldn't be."

It was easy for Sawamura to understand Supervisor Tanigawa's thoughts.

Speaking of which, this has a lot to do with the unique format of the Kanto Tournament.

There are a total of 16 teams participating in the Kanto Conference. The scale of this competition is very high, but the competition is also very strange. For example, in the first round, there is almost no suspense. Because of the seed selection system, it is rare for two strong teams to meet in the first round.

Then the second round, the quarter-finals.

In this game, the eight strong teams are almost all red-eyed, how much strength they have, how much strength they will use, everyone will show their magical powers across the sea!

There are four and a half places in the Kanto region to participate in the whole country, and four of them are the top four in Kanto.

Therefore, the most important honor of the Kwantung Conference is not the champion at all, but the semi-finals.

Although the fifth place is also eligible to compete, if you know how the fifth place is selected, you will definitely not want to participate in the fifth place play-off.

The teams that were defeated in the quarter-finals were caught and killed, and then the fifth place was decided.

This is not the most cruel, the most cruel is that he is synchronized with the semi-finals and finals of the Kanto Conference.

Four days, three games!

The opponents are the tyrants in Kanto, and the runner-up in Tokyo.

With three wins and three wins, you can get a place in the last national competition.

You must know that the competition is all underage middle school students, and their physical strength and endurance are limited. Almost no one can fully endure this kind of high-intensity competition.

It is absolutely impossible to survive this elimination to the end by relying on a main lineup.

When the yokozuna was drawn, the friends thought that with Akagi's strength, even if they couldn't win the yokozuna, they would be able to get the last spot by playing extra matches.

Sawamura didn't have the heart to refute it!

If Akagi can win two or three games in ten games against Yokozuna, then there is no hope of Akagi going to the end in the play-offs.

To ask why, it's simple.

With Sawamura's own physical strength, it was impossible for him to shoot three games in a row in four days.

Once Sawamura is not there, in the Kanto quarterfinals, no matter who he faces, Akagi will not be able to win.

This is the famous **** playoff in Kanto!

Hell's play-offs, boring semi-finals.

Then let's talk about the big four competition. The four teams that have won the highest honors compete with each other and kill each other, and finally select the strongest in the Kanto region. Such a game, it is said that it should be held in full swing. But the real situation is completely different from what people imagine.

The team that has won the national competition quota, the first problem they think about is not the championship, but to keep their players from injury.

After all, there is a bigger stage waiting for them.

Therefore, when Kanto reaches the semi-finals, everyone will generally play more cautiously.

Once the game is cautious, it is difficult to be exciting.

They are the strongest in Kanto, and the champion is not without desire. It's just that they are more concerned about how they can perform in the country than that desire.

Four games in eight days, and the opponents are all top tyrants. How can a child of thirteen or fourteen-year-old stand up to such an intensity of competition?

All the coaches know this, but the rules in this country are like that and there is nothing anyone can do about it.

Tanigawa's supervisor, probably out of this consideration, planned to give up the game.

The opponent has no fighting spirit Sawamura's fighting spirit is not too high.

The two sides played seven rounds, and the final score was fixed at 5:0.

Sawamura kept a clean sheet despite dropping four hits.

In fact, even if the clear water was not available, Tanigawa would not be so weak. More than half of the rest of them are the main force of the team.

But not everyone has the psychological quality of Yokozuna players, at least Tanigawa's players are not good, their players are frightened when they meet Sawamura, they are weak in attack, and their defense is full of loopholes.

In the end, Tanigawa was directly abused by Akagi grass without showing his true strength.

Akagi successfully entered the finals of the Kanto Conference.

Although the champion of the Kanto Conference, the brand in the country is far less loud than the top four in Kanto. But in the Kanto region, this honor is still very good.

In the semi-finals of the Kanto Conference, naturally there was no team that hoped to win the championship, and many gave up. But in the final, no team has ever given up willingly.